Greek 1st Army

The Greek 1st Army was the name given by historians (there was no such formation on paper) to the 14 Greek Army divisions that fought in Albania during the Greco-Italian War and World War II. On 10 April 1941, the Italian 11th Army, with help from the German 12th Army, counterattacked against Greek and British forces holding the Aliakmon Line running from Himara in southern Albania to Pogradec in the center of the country. The Allied forces were forced to withdraw, and the Greek 1st Army was encircled by the Axis forces and was forced to surrender on 20 April 1941.